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Sometimes the greatest awards show sin is the sin of omission, and this year is no exception. With yesterday’s Emmy® Award nominations*, it was hard not to feel as if some of our favorite shows, actors and actresses got robbed! Here are some of the shows and stars that we think should have been competing for an Emmy statuette on August 25th: The Good Wife: Week after week, we tune in to find out what happens next with Alicia and the rest of the gang, but apparently only Julianna Margulies deserves Continue Reading

Sure, Emmy nominations are great – Peer recognition, accolades, and Sally Field presenting you with your statuette. Just ask The New Adventures of Old Christine and Arrested Development, both of which were cancelled prior to winning Emmy Awards. With the recent 2014 Emmy nominations, we thought it would be interesting to see which of the nominated programs ranked the highest on our Season Pass list. TiVo’s Season Pass list illustrates which new programs viewers are electing to automatically record each week on their TiVos. Updated daily, it’s a true indication Continue Reading

With “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” hitting theaters this week, it’s the perfect time to look back at our favorite primetime primates and silver screen silverbacks. Here’s our list of the Top 20 Screen Simians of all-time. 20. Chim Chim, Speed Racer: Every high-performance racing team needs a chimpanzee on staff. The Racer family from TV’s Speed Racer has Chim Chim, the lovable chimpanzee who’s always helping little brother Spritle get into trouble. 19. Clyde, Every Which Way But Loose: Long before he spent time talking to an empty chair, Clint Continue Reading

By: Alicia Broadway As a woman of a particular age, I watched the original “Beverly Hills, 90210” from start to finish. So when I heard that Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth) and Donna Martin (Tori Spelling) were in a new series together, my TiVo was tasked with recording one more new show. ABC Family’s “Mystery Girls” reteams Garth and Spelling as former TV show detectives turned real-life detectives, and I love this idea. It was with this thought I started to put together a list of former costars I would like Continue Reading

Everyone has a favorite holiday movie. Whether you love watching “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” as you decorate your tree each Christmas or enjoy sitting down with your family to watch “The Ten Commandments” every Easter, there are some movies that are just forever associated with a holiday in our minds. So it should come as no surprise that we have a favorite 4th of July movie: “Jaws”. Long seen as the first summer blockbuster, Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” is the Quint-essential (see what we did there?) 4th of July movie. Continue Reading

TiVo’s first-ever Binge Month is here! Starting July 1, we’re offering the ultimate collection to satisfy your summer craving for all-you-can-eat TV. We have convenient Collections all year long, but this month we’ve added a special category of shows that we find particularly binge-worthy. You’ll find bread-and-butter binges such as Breaking Bad and House of Cards, as well as less mainstream options such as Politics Schmolitics and Bad Superhero Binge. Got relationship troubles? Our Broken Heart Binge is there for you, whether you’re ready to pick yourself up again or Continue Reading

It looks like your morning TV view will be changing as Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy have announced that they’re leaving ABC’s morning talk-fest “The View”. From the moment Sherri accidentally confirmed that Jenny was joining the show last summer, these two were a match made in heaven. They explained twerking to Whoopi and Barbara, held their own against Jimmy Kimmel and even went topless for ratings in their year together. Even if Sherri might have a little bit of trouble with astronomy, we’ll miss finding out “What’s Poppin” from these Continue Reading

TiVo Research announced the results of the TiVo Spring 2014 Binge-Viewing Survey today and the findings show that binging is the preferred method of consuming our favorite shows! In fact, 91 percent of the 15,196 survey respondents report binge-viewing as common viewing behavior, while 40 percent of respondents had binged within a week and 69 percent had binged within a month of the survey. Respondents also said the top reasons they binged was to “catch up” on TV and because they “only had learned about the show after many episodes Continue Reading

The Spurs took home the title last night and stopped The Heat from 3-peating. Check out the Top Moments from the series below: Game 5: 10:47pm – As time winds down the Spurs clinch their fifth NBA Championship, ranking them fourth overall in the history of the league. Game 5: 10:27pm – Tony Parker pulls up short on a drive and hits a 7 footer giving the Spurs an 18 point lead with 7:09 left in game 5. Game 2: 10:38pm – Following a Ginobili miss, James Continue Reading

TiVo Releases Father’s Day Survey Results Dads rule the roost – or so they say - according to the first ever TiVo® Father’s Day survey results released today. The intriguing discovery comes just a month after the TiVo Mother’s Day survey, which found moms believe they control the remote. Most interestingly, both surveys found that 80 percent of dads and 80 percent of moms each believe they determine what the household watches on television. The Father’s Day survey found that nearly half the dads make sure they monitor what their Continue Reading

The World Cup is coming and TiVo is almost here to make sure you don’t get caught offsides! We’ve made it easy to record the entire World Cup or just the matches you care about. From TiVo Central, click on select “Find TV, Movies & Videos” and then choose “Browse TV & Movies”. From here, you’ll see the World Cup in all it’s glory. Choose the “All World Cup Matches” collection and click the “Record this Collection” option to automatically record every match of the World Cup. Only want to watch Clint Continue Reading

Which Blockbuster Movie Should you Make a Move to See? Summer is near, and we all know what that means: Summer Blockbusters! Before you make that move to the movie theater, check out what other movie goers are jumping out of their couches to see. TiVo Research tracked what movies people are most looking forward to seeing and this is what they found: The Summer Blockbuster statistics were based on the survey answers of 9,000 TiVo Advisors Panel members in April 2014. Participants were asked to choose one answer Continue Reading

Why I Love TiVo Winners! Recently we reached out to TiVo owners and asked them to tell us “Why They Love TiVo.” Thousands of responses later, we have a group of 6 prize winners who blew us away us with their entries. Videos, poems, stories, pictures… people expressed their love for TiVo in all kinds of ways. Going through them all was fun and, best of all; we once again were reminded that we have THE BEST customers on the planet! Thanks to all that participated and congratulations to the Continue Reading

On Sunday night, The 2014 Billboard Music Awards took place and revealed who dominated the Billboard charts the past year. Awards were given to the top albums, artists, and singles in different genres. This year, after nearly a year of planning, Michael Jackson reappeared in front of the eyes of millions of viewers at home in hologram form. So which moments did viewers watch most? TiVo Research took a look at the numbers. Here’s what they found: 9:18pm – The mesmerizing and baffling “live” Michael Jackson performance was the Top Continue Reading

In preparation for Mother’s Day, we have released our second annual TiVo Mother’s Day survey celebrating everything from the best of TV moms and shows, to whether or not the kids have control over the remote. Findings concluded that cooking shows like Top Chef were the most popular among 35 percent of moms polled – both to watch and participate in. One-third of the moms in the survey named Bobby Flay as their most wanted in-home personal chef from Food Network. Other fun findings include: 50.9 percent of moms Continue Reading

With all the craziness surrounding last week’s episode of “Game of Thrones”, it got us thinking about other TV shockers we loved. But the hardest thing about talking about shocking TV plot twists is never knowing who’s seen it and who’ll be spoiled. So we created our “TV Shockers!” collection making sure we didn’t give too much away. Think of it as a collection of TV episodes that made us jump off the couch and yell at the screen. Moments like the death of [spoiler] on “House of Cards” make Continue Reading

On Sunday night, film awards were presented to recipients at the MTV Movie Awards. Conan O’Brien hosted the star studded show and succeeded in breaking the record for the most celebrity cameos. The award show opened with Conan managing to crash Jessica Alba’s photo shoot, cuddle with Elijah Wood, and sip drinks with “12 Years a Slave” star, Lupita Nyong’o. The night also consisted of Zac Efron shirtless, a massive performance from Eminem and Rihanna, and a tribute to the late “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker. But which moments did Continue Reading

MONDAY – Dancing with the Stars – ABC 8PM Last week, folks at DWTS switched it up! Dancers and Stars both had the opportunity to dance with different contestants. The dancing continues this week and elimination occurs after week 5 performances. TUESDAY – Agents of SHIELD – ABC 9PM With Colonel Glenn Talbot now on their trail, the team seeks refuge in the last place anyone would ever look. The begin to unravel S.H.I.E.L.D.’s most dangerous secrets. Tune in to find out! WEDNESDAY Continue Reading

If you kept up with March Madness this year – and probably even if you didn’t – you know that the tournament has come to an end, declaring the UConn Huskies the 2014 Champions! Last night’s championship game against Kentucky was an exciting one – an opinion that can be validated by TiVo’s Top Moments. So which games, Final Four moments, and commercials were concretely dubbed the most exciting? TiVo Research looked to their data to deliver these answers. First up, we have TiVo’s Top Ten Moments from the Continue Reading

Midseason Premieres: By Alicia Broadway It’s important to have something to look forward to. With summer around the corner, I’m sure lots of you will be planning summer vacations. Maybe others of you are about to experience something great, like getting married, or having a baby, or redeeming that free sandwich coupon stuck in the back of your wallet. I too have something to look forward to—something that is increasingly taking over my every thought, making it hard to concentrate at work or pay attention to loved ones. I’m of Continue Reading